Reply From: Josh Rouleau <jrouleau@FH.RRPC.COM>
> CRYPTO KILLS -- REALLY, IT DOES
>http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/other/politics/story/12830.html
>
> "We can count on the fact that the spread of strong encryption is
> going to mean that lives are going to be lost," Litt said. "People
> are going to be at greater risk because it is going to compromize
> law enforcement's ability to investigate [crimes]."
Since we all dont have the luxury of living in FANTASY land like the
government my concern is...OK... you get your backdoor...Now, how much
abuse will there be of this backdoor? I think not only will there be abuse
but it will be flagrant and blatent. If a person wanted to commit a murder
or any crime of similar nature do you think they are going to be using
encrypted data transfer or email anyways? Do you Actually think that your
going to prevent someone bent on commiting any crime just because you can
get their data?
Also, you only make it easier for them to commit their crimes because if
you have a backdoor how long do you think in this day in age it's going to
take for some one to find and exploit such a breach anyways? The only
people who end up losing will be those who have legimate cases for use of
encryption. IMHO by enabling this backdoor you now have the potential of
increased cases of electronic hijacking of Data and blackmail.
Am I being paranoid here?
Joshua J Rouleau, CNA
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Received on Fri Jun 12 11:22:36 1998